Name That Tool #1

wff_ng_7 said:

Anyone want to venture a guess as to what these are?

Really, really old pressure cookers.
Dangerous to use.

Mark Thorson said:

wff_ng_7 said:

Anyone want to venture a guess as to what these are?

Really, really old pressure cookers.
Dangerous to use.

That was my first thought, Mark! Looks like cast iron pressure cookers.
The one on the right appears to have a "rocker mechanism" for releasing
steam pressure. Might be nice for display or remove the lids and grow some
plants in them.

Jill

"jmcquown" <[email hidden]> wrote"

Quoted message said:

Mark Thorson said:

wff_ng_7 said:

Anyone want to venture a guess as to what these are?

Really, really old pressure cookers.
Dangerous to use.

That was my first thought, Mark! Looks like cast iron pressure cookers.
The one on the right appears to have a "rocker mechanism" for releasing
steam pressure. Might be nice for display or remove the lids and grow some
plants in them.

Gee whiz, it wasn't supposed to be so easy! ;-)

I couldn't figure out what the first one (the larger one) was when I got it
because it is missing the pressure valve that the second one has. I thought it
was some kind of chemical processing retort and the hole in the top was to
connect a pipe to it. The person who sold it to me had no idea what it was
either.

The first one seemed to have some kind of whitish stain inside. Or so I thought.
It was white porcelain enamel that had almost worn away. On the second one, the
porcelain is more intact.

The large one is 5 gallons, while the small one is 2 gallons.

They would be dangerous to use. Cast iron is not a very good material to hold
pressure. And of course they had no safety relief valves.

I'm just using them for display in my "museum".

I have some other tools that might be a bit harder to identify.

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wff_ng_7 said:

I have some other tools that might be a bit harder to identify.

Uh huh. So you say. :-)

"wff_ng_7" <[email hidden]> news:OIN1i.10096$cu1.204@trnddc01:

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It's time for another round of "Name That Tool"! ;-)

This time it's not exactly a tool, but it is something used in the
kitchen. These are antique versions of something held in high regard
by a certain faction on rfc. Of course, those who swear by these are
using contemporary versions.

These antique versions were made sometime between 1850 and 1900. When
I got the first one, I had no idea what it was. It baffled me for more
than a year. Then I saw the second one and figured out what it was.

Here are the two of them together, the first one I got is on the left,
the second one I got is on the right:
http://i2.tinypic.com/6g3xap0.jpg

I don't have a clue what it is but, I'm going to guess at it, because of
the shape of it, and the handle. It *looks* like a pot used to cook with
over an open flame ie: fireplace or campfire. I don't know what it would
be called and maybe it's a Dutch oven. I can see it hanging over the fire
supported by a rod of some kind.

Michael
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wff_ng_7 said:

Gee whiz, it wasn't supposed to be so easy! ;-)

It was. It took you a year? It took me about 2/3rds of a
second.

-sw

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jmcquown said:

Mark Thorson said:

wff_ng_7 said:

Anyone want to venture a guess as to what these are?

Really, really old pressure cookers.
Dangerous to use.

That was my first thought, Mark! Looks like cast iron pressure cookers.
The one on the right appears to have a "rocker mechanism" for releasing
steam pressure. Might be nice for display or remove the lids and grow some
plants in them.

Jill

As much as I love pressure cookers, even _I'd_ give those a pass. ;-)
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Steve Wertz said:

wff_ng_7 said:

Gee whiz, it wasn't supposed to be so easy! ;-)

It was. It took you a year? It took me about 2/3rds of a
second.

Well, you had two big hints:

1) You knew it was in the context of a kitchen. I didn't know that when I got
the first one.

2) You had the benefit of seeing the second one, which has the intact pressure
mechanism. I didn't have that benefit when I only had the first one.

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On Mon, 14 May 2007 00:05:02 GMT, "wff_ng_7" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

It's time for another round of "Name That Tool"! ;-)

This time it's not exactly a tool, but it is something used in the kitchen.
These are antique versions of something held in high regard by a certain faction
on rfc. Of course, those who swear by these are using contemporary versions.

These antique versions were made sometime between 1850 and 1900. When I got the
first one, I had no idea what it was. It baffled me for more than a year. Then I
saw the second one and figured out what it was.

Here are the two of them together, the first one I got is on the left, the
second one I got is on the right:
http://i2.tinypic.com/6g3xap0.jpg

Here's a closer view of the one on the left:
http://i3.tinypic.com/53zuqfl.jpg

Pressure cookers.

Quoted message said:

And a closer view of the one on the right:
http://i2.tinypic.com/6b1wlf4.jpg

Anyone want to venture a guess as to what these are?

By the way, the first one vaguely reminds me of this guy:
http://tinyurl.com/edfq5
That's why I wouldn't want to be carrying it down the street in Washington, DC!
;-)

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48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
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wff_ng_7 said:

Steve Wertz said:

wff_ng_7 said:

Gee whiz, it wasn't supposed to be so easy! ;-)

It was. It took you a year? It took me about 2/3rds of a
second.

Well, you had two big hints:

1) You knew it was in the context of a kitchen. I didn't know that when I got
the first one.

2) You had the benefit of seeing the second one, which has the intact pressure
mechanism. I didn't have that benefit when I only had the first one.

My first thought was it was the shape of a old-style diving bell.
So 'pressure' automatically comes to mind.

-sw